1997 Research Publications

Geology and Geophysics

Books and Chapters

Barley, M.E. The Pilbara Craton, Greenstone Belts, eds M.J. de Wit, L.D. Ashwal, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 35: pp 657-664 (1997)

Dörling, S.L., Dentith, M.C., Groves, D.I. and Vearncombe, J.R. Mississippi Valley-type mineralization of the southeast Lennard Shelf: an example of the interplay of extensional deformation, sedimentation and mineralization, Carbonate-Hosted Lead-Zinc Deposits, ed D.F. Sangster, El Paso, Texas, Society of Economic Geologists, 4: pp 96-111 (1997)

Eilu, P. and Mikucki, E.J. Primary Geochemical and Isotopic Dispersion Haloes in Archaean Gold Systems: Assessment of Alteration Indices for Use in District and Mine-Scale Exploration (Project No. M243), Perth, W.A., Minerals & Energy Research Institute of Western Australia (1997)

Eriksson, K.A., Krapez, B. and Fralick, P.W. Sedimentological aspects, Greenstone Belts, eds M.J. de Wit, L.D. Ashwal, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 35: pp 33-54 (1997)

Kusky, T.M. and Vearncombe, J.R. Structural aspects, Greenstone Belts, eds M.J. de Wit, L.D. Ashwal, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 35: pp 91-124 (1997)

McCracken, S.R., Etminan, H., Connor, A.G. and Williams, V.A. Geology of the Admiral Bay carbonate-hosted zinc-lead deposit, Canning Basin, Western Australia, Carbibate-Hosted Lead-Zinc Deposits, ed Sabgster, S.F., El Pasco, Texas, Society of Economic Geologists, 4: pp 330-349 (1997)

McLoughlin, S. and Hill, R.S. The succession of Western Australian Phanerozoic terrestrial floras, Gondwanan heritage: past, present and future of the Western Australian biota, ed S.D. Hopper, et al, Chipping Norton (N.S.W.), Surrey Beatty & Sons, 1: pp 61-80 (1997)

Müller, D. and Groves, D.I. Potassic Igneous Rocks and Associated Gold-Copper Mineralization, Berlin, Springer-Verlag (1997)

Pickard, A.L., Barley, M.E. and Morris, R.C. Selected References for Banded Iron-Formations and the Hamersley Province, Perth, W.A., Department of Geology & Geophysics (Key Centre) & U.W.A. Extension, The University of Western Australia (1997)

Rasmussen, B., Krapez, P. and Groves, D.I. Assement of Base-Metal Prospectivity in Sedimentary Basins Based on the Assocation between Hydrocarbonand Metalliferous Brine Migration: Feasibility Study based on the Fitzroy Trough/Lennard Shelf, Western Australia, Perth, Minerals + Energy Research Institute of Western Australia (1997)

Ray, B. and Ghosh, R. Sustainable Developments in India: Economic and Administrative Reforms- A precondition, Development that Lasts, eds K.C. Roy, H.C. Blomqvist, I. Hossain, New Delhi, New Age International (P) Limited, pp 331-351 (1997)

Ridley, J.R., Vearncombe, J.R. and Jelsma, H. Relations between greenstone belts and associated granitoids, Greenstone Belts, eds M.J. de Wit, L.D. Ashwal, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 35: pp 376-397 (1997)

Vearncombe, J.R., Chisnall, A.W., Dentith, M.C., Dörling, S.L., Rayner, M.J. and Holyland, P.W. Structural controls on Mississippi Valley-type mineralization, the southeasat Lennard Shelf, Western Australia, Carbonate-Hosted Lead-Zinc Deposits, ed D.F. Sangster, El Paso, Texas, Society of Economic Geologists, 4: pp 74-95 (1997)

Journal Articles

Abbott, L.D., Sliter, W., Silver, E.A., Anderson, R.S., Smith, R., Ingle, J.C., Kling, S.A., Haig, D., Small, E. and Galewsky, J. Measurement rate of tectonic surface uplift rate in a young collisional mountain belt, Nature, 385: pp 501-507 (1997)

Ayyasami, K. and Haig, D.W. New evidence for Jurassic age of the lower Wahgi Group, northern flank of Kubor Anticline, Papua New Guinea, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie: Monatshefte, 10: pp 575-584 (1997)

Barley, M.E., Pickard, A.L. and Sylvester, P.J. Emplacement of a large igneous province as a possible cause of banded iron formation 2.45 billion years ago, Nature, 385: pp 55-58 (1997)

Bloem, E.J.M., Dalstra, H.J., Ridley, J.R. and Groves, D.I.Granitoid diapirism during protracted tectonism in an Archaean granitoid-greenstone belt, Yilgarn Block, Western Australia, Precambrian Research, 85: pp 147-171 (1997)

Chaproniere, G.C., Shafik, S. and Coleman, P.J. Biostratigraphy of Rig Seismic samples from Vening Meinesz seamounts, Christmas Island area, northeastern Indian Ocean, AGSO Journal of Australian Geology & Geophysics, 16:5, pp 677-699 (1997)

Chen, H., Dobson, J.P., Heller, F. and Hao, J. Preliminary Paleomagnetic results from the Upper Carboniferous of Uliastai Block, Inner Mongolia, China, Geophysical Research Letters, 24:22, pp 2833-2836 (1997)

Coleman, P.J. Australia and the Melanesian arcs: a review of tectonic settings, AGSO Journal of Australian Geology & Geophysics, 17:1, pp 113-125 (1997)

Dalstra, H.J., Bloem, E.J.M. and Ridley, J.R. Gold in amphibolite facies terrains and its relationship to metamorphism, exemplified by syn-peak metamorphic gold in the Transvaal deposit, Yilgarn Block, Western Australia, Chronique de la Recherche Minière, 529: pp 3-24 (1997)

Dentith, M.C. and Crabb, T.N. Compilation of geophysical signatures of South Australian mineral deposits: a progress report, Exploration Geophysics, 28: pp 26-28 (1997)

Dobson, J., Bernasconi, S.M., McKenzie, J.A., Ariztegui, D., Niessen, F., Hsu, K.J., Chen, Y. and Yang, Q. Preliminary isotopic and palaeomagnetic evidence for Younger Dryas and Holocene climate evoluiton in NE Asia, Terra Nova, 9: pp 246-250 (1997)

Dobson, J.P., Chen, H., Hao, J. and Xiao, W. A tentative apparent polar wander path for the Shan-Thai-Malay Blocks, SW Yunnan, China, Continental Dynamics, 2:1, pp 47-53 (1997)

Ebert, S.W. and Rye, R.O. Secondary precious metal enrichment by steam-heated fluids in the Crofoot-Lewis hot spring gold-silver deposit and relation to paleoclimate, Economic Geology, 92: pp 578-600 (1997)

Fletcher, I.R., Maggi, A.L., Rosman, K.J.R. and McNaughton, N.J. Isotopic abundance measurements of K and Ca using a wide-dispersion multi-collector mass spectrometer and low-fractionation ionisation techniques, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes, 163: pp 1-17 (1997)

Fletcher, I.R., McNaughton, N.J., Pidgeon, R.T. and Rosman, K.J.R. Sequential closure of K-Ca and Rb-Sr isotopic systems in Archaean micas, Chemical Geology, 138: pp 289-301 (1997)

Gartrell, A.P. Evolution of rift basins and low-angle detachments in multilayer analog models, Geology, 25:7, pp 615-618 (1997)

Gebre-Mariam, M., Groves, D.I. and McNaughton, N.J. Aqueous and CO2- and CH4-rich inclusions at the Archaean Golden Kilometre gold deposit: multiple fluid sources and depositional mechanisms, Chronique de la Recherche Minière, 529: pp 59-73 (1997)

George, A.D. and Powell, C.MCA. Paleokarst in an Upper Devonian reef complex of the Canning Basin, Western Australia, Journal of Sedimentary Research, 67:5, pp 935-944 (1997)

George, A.D., Playford, P.E., Powell, C.MCA. and Tornatora, P.M. Lithofacies and sequence development on an Upper Devonian mixed carbonate-siliciclastic fore-reef slope, Canning Basin, Western Australia, Sedimentology, 44: pp 843-867 (1997)

Grassi-Schultheiss, P.P., Heller, F. and Dobson, J. Analysis of magnetic material in the human heart, spleen and liver, BioMetals, 10: pp 351-355 (1997)

Gunn, P.J. and Dentith, M.C. Magnetic responses associated with mineral deposits, AGSO Journal of Australian Geology &Geophysics, 17: pp 145-158 (1997)

Haig, D.W., Smith, M. and Apthorpe, M.C. Middle Eocene foraminifera from the type Giralia Calcarenite, Gascoyne Platform, southern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia, Alcheringa, 21: pp 229-245 (1997)

Hartmann, L.A., Takehara, L., Leite, J.A.D., McNaughton, N.J.and Vasconcellos, M.A.Z. Fracture sealing in zircon as evaluated by electron microprobe analyses and backscattered electron imaging, Chemical Geology, 141: pp 67-72 (1997)

Higgins, R.I.and Harris, L.B. The effect of cover composition on extensional faulting above re-activated basement faults: results from analogue modelling, Journal of Structural Geology, 19:1, pp 89-98 (1997)

Holyland, P.W. and Ojala, V.J. Computer aided structural targeting in mineral exploration: two- and three-dimensional stress mapping, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 44:4, pp 421-432 (1997)

Kerrich, R. and Wyman, D.A. A review of developments in trace element fingerprinting of geodynamic settings and their implications for mineral exploration, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 44: pp 465-488 (1997)

Knox-Robinson, C.M. and Wyborn, L.A.I. Towards a holistic exploration strategy: using geographic information systems as a tool to enhance exploration, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 44: pp 453-463 (1997)

Knox-Robinson, C.M. and Groves, D.I. Gold prospectivity mapping using a geographic information system (GIS), with examples from the Yilgarn Block of Western Australia, Chronique de la Recherche Minière, 529: pp 127-138 (1997)

Knox-Robinson, C.M. and Kerrich, R. Recent advances in mineral exploration: an Australian perspective, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 44: p 389 (1997)

Krapez, B. Sequence-stratigraphic concepts applied to the identification of depositional basins and global tectonic cycles: reply, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 44: pp 881-886 (1997)

Krapez, B. Sequence-stratigraphic concepts applied to the identification of depositional basins and global tectonic cycles, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 44: pp 1-36 (1997)

Li, Z.X., Baillie, P.W. and Powell, C.M. Relationship between northwestern Tasmania and East Gondwanaland in the Late Cambrian/Early Ordovician: Paleomagnetic evidence, Tectonics, 16:1, pp 161-171 (1997)

Li, Z.X., Fang, D., Powell, C.MCA. and Lou, G. Oroclinal bending and block rotations in South China since the Mesozoic: geological and paleomagnetic evidence, Chinese Science Bulletin, 42:2, pp 132-136 (1997)

Mueller, A.G. The Nevoria gold skarn deposit in Archean iron-formation, Southern Cross greenstone belt, Western Australia: I. Tectonic setting, petrography and classification, Economic Geology, 92: pp 181-209 (1997)

Newton, PG.N., Ridley, J.R., Groves, D.I., Khosrowshahi, S. and Smith, B. Integration of directional variography and structural geology: an example from the Santa-Craze BIF-hosted Au deposit, near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Chronique de la Recherche Minière, 529: pp 105-125 (1997)

Ojala, V.J., McNaughton, N.J., Ridley, J.R., Groves, D.I. and Fanning, C.M. The Archaean Granny Smith gold deposit, Western Australia: age and Pb-isotope tracer studies, Chronique de la Recherche Minière, 529: pp 75-89 (1997)

Partington, G.A. and McNaughton, N.J. Controls on mineralisation in the Howley District, Northern Territory: a link between granite intrusion and gold mineralisation, Chronique de la Recherche Minière, 529: pp 25-44 (1997)

Qiu, Y., McNaughton, N.J., Groves, D.I. and Dalstra, H.J. SHRIMP U-Pb in zircon and lead-isotope constraints on the timing and source of an Archaean granulite-hosted lode-gold deposit at Griffin's Find, Yilgarn Block, Western Australia, Chronique de la Recherche Minière, 529: pp 91-104 (1997)

Rasmussen, B. Fluorescent growth bands in irradiated-bitumen nodules: evidence of episodic hydrocarbon migration, AAPG Bulletin, 81: pp 17-25 (1997)

Revets, S.A. Anomalina d'Orbigny, 1826 (Foraminiferida): proposed designation of A. ariminensis d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1902 as the type species, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 54:1, pp 6-10 (1997)

Rowins, S.M., Groves, D.I., McNaughton, N.J., Palmer, M. and Eldridge, C.S. A reinterpretation of the role of granitoids in the genesis of Neoproterozoic gold mineralization in the Telfer Dome, Western Australia, Economic Geology, 92: pp 133-160 (1997)

Smith, A.B. and Gardoll, S.J. Structural analysis in mineral exploration using a geographic information systems-adapted stereographic-projection plotting program, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 44: pp 445-452 (1997)

Tompkins, L.A., Eisenlohr, B.E., Groves, D.I. and Raetz, M. Temporal changes in mineralization style at the Cadjebut Mississippi Valley-type deposit, Lennard Shelf, W.A., Economic Geology, 92:7/8, pp 843-862 (1997)

Witt, W.K., Knight, J.T. and Mikucki, E.J. A synmetamorphic lateral fluid flow model for gold mineralization in the Archean southern Kalgoorlie and Norseman Terranes, Western Australia, Economic Geology, 92: pp 407-437 (1997)

Yeats, C.J. Geothermobarometric evidence for syn-peak metamorphic Archaean lode-gold mineralisation at Mount Gibson, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, Chronique de la Recherche Minière, 529: pp 45-58 (1997)

Conference Publications

Gunson, M.J., Haig, D.W., Kruman, B., Mason, R.A., Perembo, R.C.B. and Stewart, R.Stratigraphic reconstruction of the Porgera region, Papua New Guinea, PNG Geology, Exploration and Mining Conference 1997, Port Moresby (P.N.G.), Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy, Port Moresby Branch, 1: pp 99-108 (1997)

Trautman, R.L., Griffin, B.J., Taylor, W.R., Spetsius, Z.V., Smith, C.B. and Lee, D.C. A comparison of the microdiamonds from kimberlite and lamproite of Yakutia and Australia, Sixth International Kimberlite Conference, New York, Allerton Press, 38: pp 341-355 (1997)